Greene mosquito maze

ABSTRACT

Ways to provide control of mosquitoes in the vicinity of human beings by leading mosquitoes into a strategically designed maze for capture. The maze takes advantage of the natural tracking instincts and flight patterns of mosquitoes. These tracking instincts consist of mosquito&#39;s natural ability to follow, to the source, detected body movement, body scents, odors, and gas emissions discharged from living people and other living warm-blooded animals. The maze also takes advantage of the natural flight patterns, habits and flight weakness of mosquitoes. Taking advantage the mosquitoes tracking instincts and flight patterns the maze has a series of precisely set openings, textured surfaces, a flight maze, and screen that passively lore&#39;s and captures mosquitoes.  
                                                   4506473   March 1985   Waters   43/114.         4765090   August 1988   Kuan et al.   43/127.         4833818   May 1989   Beta   43/132.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention generally appertains to improvements in mosquitocontrol, and more particularly to a method and means for attractingmosquitoes towards human beings so that the mosquitoes, other insects orpests can be subsequently captured and destroyed.

2. Description of the Prior Art

Insect and mosquito extermination and control devices have beenprovided, as have methods of attracting mosquitoes, as for example asshown in prior U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,631,857; 4,662,103; 4,698,303;4,749,652; 4,771,001; and 4,817,329. However, none of these priorpatents or any others known to applicant achieves the resultsaccomplished by the present invention.

OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

A primary object of the present invention is to provide a method andmeans for controlling or exterminating insects such as mosquitoes.Wherein the present invention provides a quick and simple method andapparatus for attracting mosquitoes in areas of human gatherings such asbackyards or the like, whereby the mosquitoes can be easily destroyed.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a methodand apparatus for controlling mosquitoes, which is based on the conceptthat mosquitoes have very specific control sites for the reception ofmolecules of human beings. The method and apparatus in the presentinvention is a maze used to channel the air currents of moleculesthrough the maze in which the mosquito must pass.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method andmeans for controlling mosquitoes wherein once the mosquitoes home in onthe path of the human environment, the mosquitoes will be drawn towardsthe source and be easily destroyed.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a methodand means for controlling mosquitoes wherein the same is inexpensive tooperate and efficient to use.

These and other objects of the present invention will become apparentwith reference to the drawings, the description of the preferredembodiment, and the appended claims.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Returning in detail to the drawings, and more particularly to FIG. 1,unit includes an entrance a maze, as series of baffles with smoothsurfaces and precise openings. From the foregoing it will be seen thatthere has been provided a method and means for controlling insects suchas mosquitoes. While the present invention has been specificallydescribed herein in connection with controlling mosquitoes, it is to beunderstood that the same can be used for controlling other types ofinsects besides mosquitoes. The present invention can be used forbattling or controlling mosquitoes and mosquito borne diseases, such asmalaria and nile virus without environmental hazard. Thus the presentinvention is environmentally safe and is a non-toxic. Further, thepresent invention can be used indoors and outdoors. As previously noted,bugs or insects such as mosquitoes can be attracted to a certain areawhere the bugs or insects can then be killed. As is known, certainfumigants and insecticides have been banned, but with the presentinvention no chemicals are used.

In conclusion, it can be seen that the purpose of the present inventionis to attract and trap and eventually kill mosquitoes in away that issafe, efficient, and decreases further risk from mosquitoes to the localenvironment.

1. A method of controlling mosquitoes, comprising a maze that allowsmosquitoes to detect the movement, the carbon dioxide exhaled, thelactic acid and many other chemicals emitted from humans and theirliving environments. These chemicals are produced by the human body, bythe bacteria on the skin, as well as trace materials our bodies havecome in touch with. The situation regarding attraction of mosquitoes isdifficult to simulate and is confusing to understand since mosquitoesrespond to several stimuli at once, and each species of mosquito seem tohave particular preferences of stimuli and attractants. The mosquitomaze avoids this confusing issue by using the human occupants of anenvironment to do the attracting. The maze becomes the interface betweenthe air of the out side environment and the air of the insideenvironment were the human occupants are located. The local mosquitopopulation is attracted to the inside environment and in turn arecaptured in the maze. Over time, i.e. hours to days, the overallpopulation in the local area is gradually decreased or eliminated.Therefore, safely eliminating the most aggressive, disease bearing andbreeding mosquitoes from the local environment. Thereby decreasing therisk of others in the surrounding area being bitten by these diseasedmosquitoes as well.
 2. The method as defined in claim 1 and furtherincluding using precisely set openings and surfaces to construct a mazethat gathers and traps mosquitoes.
 3. The method as defined in claim 2and further including using a screen to separate the outside environmentfrom the inside environment and a strategically designed maze to confinethe collected mosquitoes.
 4. The maze apparatus comprising a threechambered structure with openings and slots designed for guiding thetravel of and then confining the mosquitoes.
 5. The structure as definedin claim 4 is designed for placement in an opening, such as a door orwindow, which then separates an outside environment from an insideenvironment.